Filed under Banking | Published on 25/Sep/2013 | Written by Kieran Lonergan

Fitch has given both Guatemalan lender Banco Agromercantil (BAM) and Barbados-based Mercom Bank a national scale long-term rating of A with a stable outlook, according to a release by the ratings agen...

Filed under Banking | Published on 19/Dec/2012 | Written by Jorge Porter

While valuation appears reasonable, the acquisition of a 40% stake in Guatemala's Grupo Financiero Agromercantil will only be a mild addition to Bancolombia's (NYSE: CIB) earnings and assets, accordin...

Filed under Banking | Published on 21/Feb/2012 | Written by Barbara Salgado

The Central American bank for economic Integration (Cabei) will invest US$30mn in a credit line for Guatemalan bank Banco Agromercantil, with the aim of supporting sustainable projects, the multilater...

Filed under Electric Power | Published on 21/Feb/2012 | Written by David Casallas

Guatemalan bank Banco Agromercantil (BAM) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) have signed a US$30mn global credit line contract to support renewables in the country, among o...

Filed under Banking | Published on 07/May/2007 | Written by Maria Alejandra Moreno

Guatemala's fourth largest bank Banco Agromercantil expects its loan book to have reached some 5.68bn quetzales (US$775mn) at year-end, a 63% rise from end-2006 thanks to organic growth and recent acq...

Filed under Banking | Published on 19/Mar/2007 | Written by Jorge Porter

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) expects to end 2007 with 35-40 Latin American banks operating as issuing banks under its regional trade finance facilitation program (TFFP), an IDB executive ...

Filed under Banking | Published on 20/Feb/2007 | Written by Maria Alejandra Moreno

Guatemalan insurance company Seguros Agromercantil is seeking to boost sales by offering insurance to remittance-receiving households, an executive from sister company Banco Agromercantil told BNameri...